Desk.



C. E. McCANLESS.

DESK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1915.

GEM CH NL ESS Patented July 25, 1916.

CHARLES E. MCCANLESS, 0F BABILESVILLE, OKLAHOMA.

DESK.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed May 1, 1915. Serial No. 25,261.

from either end thereof instead of a front' opening, as provided in theusual school desk.

It is an additional object of my invention to provide an open-endedschool desk having longitudinally sloping or inclined bottom wallsextending inwardly from the ends of the desk to itscenter, whereby thebooks and other articles are directed, by gravity, toward the centralportion of the desk so that they may be readily withdrawn there fromwhen desired.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an open-ended deskhaving a transverse partition wall, and an article supporting racksecured to the front wall of the desk adjacent the ends thereof.

It is also a general object of the invention to improve and simplify theconstruction of desks of the above type, whereby their convenience andserviceability in practical use is greatly increased without materiallyenhancing the manufacturing cost thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved desk; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the same; and Fig. 3 1s a section taken onthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the sloping or inclinedtop wall of the desk, the forward longitudinal edge of which projectsslightly beyond the front wall (3 to provide an overhanging ledge 7. Tothe rear wall 8 of the desk, the back board 9 is suitably secured, saidboard eX- tending the entire length of the desk and projecting above thesurface of the top 5, as shown at 10, and also below the bottom wall ofthe desk. This bottom wall consists of two sections 11 which areinclined inwardly and downwardly from the ends of the desk to the centerthereof. The opposite ends of the desk are entirely open, as shown at12. The desk is also provided with a partition wall 13 which may bearranged centrally within the desk, or at any other desired pointbetween the open ends of the desk. To the inner face of the front wall 6of the desk, the metal racks 14 are secured, upon which pens, pencils,rubbers and like articles may be placed. These metal racks are locatedat a sufiicient distance inwardly from the open end of the desk topermit of the insertion of the partition wall 13. The desk is, ofcourse, supported at its opposite ends by the usual metal frames orstandards 15.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and several advantages of theinvention will be clearly and fully understood.

Access may be readily had to the interior of the desk from either endthereof so that the books or papers can be removed. The inwardly andforwardly sloping bottom walls of the desk structure tend to overcomethe casual outward shifting movement of the hooks through the open endsof the desk. It will, of course, be understood that, while I have onlyillustrated one of the metal racks 1 in the accompanying drawing, anydesired number of these racks may be provided on the front wall of thedesk.

The invention, as a whole, is quite simple 10 and downwardly from one ofthe end frames,

said frame having an opening therein through which access may be had tothe interior of the desk at one end thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

7 CHARLES E. MCCANLESS.

Vitnesses L. E. HARRIMAN, B. L. SLACK.

Copies'of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. G.

